Zuider Zee reclamation and its impact on Volendam
A historical note on the Zuider Zee reclamation in the Netherlands. The piece traces land loss from subsidence, the creation of a inland coast, and the 1920 reclamation plan pursued by the government. It links economic gains and employment shifts to the project and mentions General Van den Bosch and the Frederikszoord beneficence society.
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Chronicle
Volendam
Zuider Zee
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Netherlands
Cal
Fredericksoord
General van den Bosch
Netherlan
Iowa Creed Reflected in Dutch Zuider Zee Reclamation Debate
The article discusses the Zuider Zee land reclamation project in the Netherlands, detailing acres added and potential economic shifts including fishing losses and new agricultural revenue. It notes 1958 completion goals, compensation needs, and land disposal plans, alongside a letter from Leo C Beintema praising Ray Murray’s Iowa Creed and Iowa values on the project’s anniversary context.
Emory Bull O'Brien Known For Halloween Cattle Calls
In the late 1890s and beyond Emory Bull O'Brien was a familiar Pella figure famed for frightening local youths with his loud cowlike bellowing especially on Halloween as he mimicked cattle on the streets and became a city legend.
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Emory
Bull) O'Brien
Pella
Hallowe'en
Emory’s Bellow Echoes Through Pella Pastures
In a rural tale from Pella a man named Emory boasted about luring cattle with calf distress calls. He hid in a pasture draw and bellowed provoking a stampede of cattle drawn by the call. The city remembers his theatrics from years ago including a Halloween prank with a lantern and revolver.
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Uth
Central Park
Emory
Indians Return to Tama Pay Ten Dollars An Acre
The first Indians to return to Tama paid ten dollars per acre for land they had sold twenty five years earlier at nine cents an acre, reflecting a sharp revival in land values and unsettled tribal property claims.
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Tama
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Leo Beintema
A Gulf
Zee
Wadden Zee
Wieringermeerng
Wieringen
Friesland
Tissel
Liesel
Nust
Martin van Buren
Rock Island Argus
Iowa
Ray Murray
Murray
Iowa Agriculture
Lowa
Most Sincerely Yours, Leo C, Beintema
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Virginia Kemplins
Drapher
Tunis Kempkes
Delenes
Keena
Virginia van Gorp
Gerrit W. Veneberg
Holland
Michigan
Lynnville
Arie Terpstra
Mr. Terpstra
O’brien
Central Iowa
Ulrich
United States
Arie Schilder
Bologna
Pella, Iowa
U. S
Ulrich’s
Euiclaved
Ulrich’s Meat Market
EE Pella Bologna
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